# Incident 20140502005629I: Champion 7ECA, Modena, NY, May 2, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2014, 12:10 local time
- Place: Modena, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6684° N, 74.1026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Modena, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6684&lon=-74.1026&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2598G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2598G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,400 total, 90 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140502005629I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

05/05/2014 CONDUCTED ON SCENE INVESTIGATION OF LANDING INCIDENT, WHILE LANDING WITH SLIGHT LEFT CROSS WIND PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT APPROX. 10 FEET AGL WHEN FOAM GRIP ON CONTROL STICK CAME OFF THE CONTROL STICK. AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY DROPPED THE RIGHT WING, LANDING HARD ON AND DAMAGING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING AND PITCHING FORWARD CAUSING PROP TO CONTACT GRASS RUNWAY BENDING PROP AND STALLING ENGINE.

EXAMINATION OF REMOVED GRIP ASSEMBLY REVILED A NON-APPROVED ALTERATION CONSITING OF A 2.5 INCH EXTENSION FABRICATED FROM STEEL TUBING. THIS EXTENSION WAS THE SAME DIAMETER OF THE CONTROL STICK FOR THE TOP 2.5 INCHES AND WAS OF A SMALLER DIAMETER FOR 1.5 INCHES THAT FIT INSIDE THE CONTROL STICK. THE FOAM GRIP COVERED THE ENTIRE EXTENSION PLUS APPROX. 1 INCH BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THE EXTENSION. THERE WAS NO MEANS TO  SECURE GRIP EXTENSION TO CONTROL STICK. AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WAS INSTALLED TO FACILITATE REMOVAL OF GRIP WITH THE PRESS TO TALK SWITCH MOUNTED IN TOP OF GRIP.

## Other reports on N2598G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960811043369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960811043369A), Aug 11, 1996: Bbavia 7ECA (N2598G), Rchmond/Ashland, VA, Substantial damage. Swerved on three point landing. Over corrected. Exited runway and nosed over. No defects in brake system.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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